Ozwald
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Is it possible to retain the HDD in place of the optical drive after installing the SSD in the original location?
I would rather have more memory as compared to an optical disc drive
They make caddies just for that. I've seen them on Amazon & eBay. I use my optical drive & really don't need the extra storage so I haven't looked into them any further than that.
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I use a cooling pad as well, but it's no replacement for a repaste job. Mine was pasted just as bad as SetupTech's was. I dropped 25 degrees after repasting & I'm not getting the temp spikes like I was.
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From what I've seen of Windows 10 so far, I think it might be the final push for me to go 100% Linux.
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IIRC, that's for a Bluetooth card.
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Personally I've never seen a reason to "upgrade" to Win8 on any of my machines. Just my $0.02
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IIRC, the WEI scale only goes to 7.0.
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Nope, gpu plays a major part, not the cpu
And keeping the Nvidia drivers updated.
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Im having a little jitter in my VGA with a second screen, does anyona have the same problem?
I've only run a 2nd monitor via HDMI, but I have noticed that it taxes the system a bit with an extended desktop.
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I like to think of it as my "other" desktop that I can carry around and hook up to other monitors that much easier. This thing does everything I generally need from a comp.
Agreed! I'm in the process of building a NZXT/EVGA desktop, but I'm not carrying that Phantom 820 tower around anywhere! The m14x has been a great machine for me for the past few years of daily use. No laptop can go toe to toe with a primo desktop, but as far as laptops go, the m14x is everything I could ever want.
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Has this been a common problem? My m14x is 95% desk-bound with a simple external speaker system, but I've been using the same audio jack this whole time. No issues yet. Pretty sure the other jack still works but I haven't tried it yet. I've never used the mic port at all.
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No complaints guys but I may be misunderstanding this 5 posts thing? I have been trying to get my five posts together and now have those 5 posts and am wondering when I am going to get the upgrade in order so I might be able to get the bios fix for my m14xr1? I guess I am having some of the same issues with the A08 bios intel rst is showing 3gbs and under the a05 I could not get my GT555m to stop yellow triangling or to get it to work. Any help or insight would help out I am just trying to use this for work and the faster it loads the faster I can get to doing my job. Like I said not complaining but I would like a clarification on the 5 posts or 5 quality posts as there are two statements on the site and like I said I do have 5 post well now 6?
I'm having the same problem. It's rather frustrating. In the meantime I've settled running the stock A08 bios just to keep Nvidia happy.
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I have the M14xR1 and the right palm rest overheats a lot since it is where they place the HDD, I tired to take out the DVD drive and the battery to provide more ventilation but nothing changed. So I replace it with an SSD, and left if "hanging" (I didn't screw the drive to the bay, just connect it to the port. Now it's better, but it'll be nice if someone has a better solution.
I keep mine on a dual-fan cooling pad & the difference in heat is huge. It's not really all that practical for mobile use, but mine doesn't leave my desk all that often.
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I'm still running the 555... oh to dream
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I'm running a 2nd gen i7 in my m14x r1. If I'm looking to upgrade, do I have to use the XM chips?
Best Way to Lower Temps?
in Alienware M14x / AW 14
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Have you repasted it yet? A quality paste will help a lot with those temp spikes when gaming. Before I did mine I was running in the high 60's & would spike up in the high 80's (or 90's on a graphics heavy game). After, I'm running in the 40's and I only get into the mid 50's when pushing it really hard. Skyrim on maxed out settings for a few hours only pushes me to about 53 or so.